Staff Software Engineer, BuildOps
Frontend, Artificial Intelligence
$196-272k
+ annual bonus and equity
Management software for commercial contractors
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Management software for commercial contractors
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$196-272k
+ annual bonus and equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the system that helps commercial contractors shape the future of the trades.
Role
Who you are
- We love driven, self-motivated folks experienced in tech start-ups and thrive in fast-paced environments. Could you be our next hire?
- 8+ years building front-end applications, including leadership on complex, cross-team initiatives
- Deep expertise in modern front-end engineering (component architecture, performance, testing, accessibility, design systems)
- Proven ability to deliver 0→1 product experiences and evolve them into scalable platform capabilities
- Experience building UI for data-heavy, workflow-heavy, operational software (construction, field service, logistics, manufacturing, etc. preferred)
- Strong product intuition and a track record of collaborating with design and PM to shape solutions
- Experience with building alongside Copilot, Claude Code, etc
- Experience with AI/LLM-powered UX patterns (or comparable systems with probabilistic outputs) and comfort designing for uncertainty
- Experience with real-time UI patterns (streaming responses, background job status, optimistic updates)
- Experience designing/engineering auditability for automated actions (history, attribution, rollback)
- Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, analytics, and UX measurement for iterative product development
- Ability to lead through influence: aligning engineers, designers, and product stakeholders around a coherent technical direction
- Clear communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs in practical, customer-centered terms
What the job involves
- This candidate will join a well-funded, fast-growing technology startup with the unique opportunity to help build out a critical function for the company
- We’re now entering our next phase: evolving BuildOps from a System of Record into a System of Action—software that doesn’t just store data, but actively drives decisions, automates workflows, and orchestrates work in real time using AI
- You will define and lead BuildOps’ AI product strategy, translating customer workflows, operational data, and emerging AI capabilities into actionable, outcome-driven product experiences
- This is a highly visible, high-impact role working across Product, Engineering, Data, and Go-To-Market to ensure AI moves beyond features and becomes a core operating layer of the platform
- Define and evolve the front-end architecture for AI-driven product experiences across multiple modules & experiences
- Establish a cohesive interaction model for “AI as an operating layer” across the platform (not isolated features)
- Set the technical bar for polished, intuitive, workflow-native AI interactions
- In-workflow recommendations and next-best-actions
- Proactive alerts and contextual guidance
- Natural language / command interfaces embedded into operational workflows
- Human-in-the-loop review, approval, and correction flows
- “Explainability” and confidence UX that builds trust without slowing work down
- Translate ambiguous product concepts into concrete UI primitives and reusable components
- Build interfaces that help users understand why the system is suggesting something, what will happen if they accept it, and how to undo or override
- Implement guardrails and safe-action patterns for semi-autonomous workflows
- Create clear UX for AI quality signals (freshness, uncertainty, source references, fallbacks)
- Own key UI technical decisions: state management, data loading patterns, performance budgets, accessibility, observability, and testing strategy for AI workflows
- Improve developer velocity through shared patterns, component libraries, and strong engineering standards
- Ensure AI-driven UI remains responsive and robust under real-world conditions (large datasets, slow networks, heavy concurrency)
- Partner with Design to create intuitive, high-leverage interaction patterns (especially for “human-in-the-loop”)
- Collaborate with backend/ML teams to define API contracts, streaming/async interaction models, and reliability behaviors
- Work with Product to define measurable outcomes and iterate based on customer feedback and usage telemetry
- Define and instrument UX and product metrics tied to OpsAI success (e.g., time saved, reduced errors, throughput improvements, feature adoption, workflow completion rates)
- Use data and customer feedback to continuously refine the UX and interaction model
Our take
BuildOps offers a tailored management software platform catering to the real estate sector, allowing its clientele to enhance cash flow and profit margins. Through its all-in-one invoicing and billing workflow, coupled with a robust financial reporting platform, BuildOps equips customers with the tools needed for streamlined operations.
The company's strategic focus on sub-contractors within the construction and real estate industry sets it apart in a market where many management platforms struggle to integrate diverse functionalities. Unlike its competitors, BuildOps has mastered the all-in-one approach, mitigating miscommunication and confusion often stemming from disparate silos of information.
In a landscape worth billions, BuildOps has swiftly carved out a niche, positioning itself for significant growth in the years to come. Recently; the company secured new funding and cemented its status as a unicorn. This is a sure sign of investors' confidence in the company's vision and its potential to revolutionize management software for the modern commercial contractor.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
50% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$127m
SERIES C
May 2023
$50m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $225.8m
Company benefits
- Financial: Competitive base salary. Generous equity options. Performance bonuses for 95%+ employees. Bi- annual performance & compensation reviews. RRSP & 401k employee contribution plan.
- Health & Family: Health/dental/vision insurance as of Day 1. Paid parental leave. Life insurance + disability insurance. Employee Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Other Perks: Flexible PTO. Home-office allowance. Hybrid flexibility. Access to awesome office spaces (in L A , Toronto, and Raleigh). Team retreats & off- sites.
Company HQ
Santa Monica, CA
Leadership
Alok Chanani
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Board Member at Wharton Angel Network, CEO at USA Commercial and Summer Associate at the Bernstein Companies.
Steve Chew
(CSO)Currently Community Lead at StartX. Previously Co-Founder and CEO at Swerv and Vice President of Marketing at Fundly.
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